There needs to be someone who can lead you in the right direction.

Kids don't even realize what they're up against.

There needs to be someone who can lead you in the right direction.

Radio makes it appear like you can get some sounds in a laptop and be the next dude. Those careers don't really last.

Unless somebody who's already eleven thousand times platinum is like, "We're ushering this project in," it's not really gonna pop commercially.

When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers.

You have to understand the vehicle, the form that allows you to do what you do, and why that is.